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Rivers cover a lot more of the Earth than we originally thought. Here's why that matters

Aerial view of a river in Peru's Amazon region of Loreto, September 29, 2014. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA9U0Y8C01

They cover an area larger than Texas. Image: REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil

Keith Randall
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The Global River Widths from Landsat (GRWL) Database contains over 58M measurements of planform river geometry Image: Texas A&M
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